Big data analytics in supply chain management: uncovering emerging trends through a bibliometric network analysis and a systematic literature review Available to Purchase

Ilker Topcu is Professor of Decision Sciences at the Industrial Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University (ITU). He visited Leeds University Business School from 1998 through 1999 as visiting researcher and received his Ph.D. degree in Engineering Management from ITU in 2000. He held visiting professor position at the University of Pittsburgh, the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business from 2018 through 2019. His research interests include multiple criteria decision making, decision analysis, and operations research/management science. He has published several journal papers, book chapters, conference proceedings and edited books.

Birsen Karpak is Distinguished Professor Emerita at Williamson College of Business Administration, Youngstown State University, USA. Her publications appeared in refereed journals such as Transportation, Journal of Multicriteria Decision Analysis, European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management and International Journal of Production Economics. Karpak's recent research interests include applications of multiple criteria decision making in supply chains, blockchain and big data applications in supply chain management, sustainable supply chain management, and big data-enabled digital supply chains. Karpak has been a senior associate editor for the International Journal of Analytic Hierarchy Process (IJAHP) for over a decade.

Füsun Ülengin holds the position of a professor specializing in Operations Research and Decision Analysis. She completed her studies at Istanbul Technical University, where she achieved the highest score in the Managerial Engineering Faculty in 1983. Her academic journey continued with a Master's degree from Bosphorus University in 1985, where she majored in Industrial Engineering. Her doctoral studies were undertaken at Waterloo University within the Management Sciences Faculty. Her doctorate was conferred by Istanbul Technical University's Management Faculty in 1989. Füsun Ülengin's primary area of research revolves around transportation and logistics models. Her scholarly contributions include numerous publications in reputable journals such as Omega, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Operational Research Society, Transportation Research -E, and Transport Policy.

Dr Emel Aktas is Professor of Supply Chain Analytics at Cranfield University Centre for Logistics, Procurement, and Supply Chain Management. She develops predictive and prescriptive analytics models that support strategic and operational supply chain decisions. Her work on improving decision-making in the transport, retail, and manufacturing sectors appeared in academic and practitioner journals. She is an associate editor of the Journal of the Operational Research Society (Taylor & Francis), co-editor of Supply Chain Analytics (Elsevier), and an associate editor of Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal (Springer).